The United Empire Loyalists Association of Canada 50 Baldwin Street, Suite 202, Toronto, Ontario, M5T 1L4 Telephone (416) 591-1783 Fax (416) 591-7506 Email: uelac@uelac.org CERTIFICATE APPLICATION BRANCH: Hamilton Applicant Title Mr Name in full. Stokes, Robert Chester Date 12 November 2013 Loyalist Ancestor Information Loyalist Ancestor Stover, Peter Military Service (Rank & Regt. If known) Where Settled (date & Location), 1 st Battalion, New Jersey Volunteers Sussex, New Brunswick; 1783
Applicant Line of Descent From a Loyalist Ancestor Loyalist Ancestor Military Service (rank & regt ) Where Settled (date & Location) Born (year) Married (year) Died (year) 1 st Great 2 nd Great 3 rd Great 4 th Great 5 th Great Stokes, Jeffery Chester Stave, Sara Mae Stokes, Joseph Walters, Mary Ellen Walters, Robert Hall, Hannah Hall, Joseph Stover, Elizabeth Stover, Peter?, Matthilla 1866 1868 1830 1838 1807 1805 1772 1786 1758? 1892 1892 1856 1856 1830 1830?? 1784 1784 1938 1900 1884 1911 1891 1879 Abt 1850 1836 1836 1810
Great s Stokes, Jeffery Chester Son of Stokes, Joseph, Mary Ellen Harwich Twp, Kent County, Canada West Date 19 Jan 1866 Married at Assume Maywood Illinois U.S.A. Date 06 Sep 1892 Residence Regina, Saskatchewan Occupation Businessman Regina, Saskatchewan 1938 Regina, Saskatchewan Stave, Sara Mae Daughter of Stave, Henry, Alma Occupation Housewife Maywood, Cook County, Illinois U.S.A. Date 1868 Chicago, Illinois, U.S.A. Chester Jeffery, Alma Marie, Luella Ellen 25 Sep 1900 Brantford, Ontario 2 nd Great s Stokes, Joseph Son of Stokes, Jeffery, Elenor Grantham, Lincolnshire, U.K. Date 27 Aug 1830 Married at Howard Twp, Kent County, Canada West Date 1856 Residence Harwich Twp, Kent County, Canada West Occupation Butcher Evergreen Cemetery, Blenheim, Ontario 02 Dec 1894 Blenheim, Kent, Ontario Walters, Mary Ellen Daughter of Walters, Robert, Hannah Occupation Housewife Howard Twp, Kent County, Upper Canada Date 31 May 1838 Evergreen Cemetery, Blenheim, Ontario 08 Feb 1911 Brantford, Brant, Ontario Jeffery Chester, Cordelia Ann, Hannah Maria, Mary Elenor, Martha Elizabeth, Alda Jane, Sara Eliza, Robert H., Charlotte Matilda, William, James
3 rd Great s Walters, Robert Son of Walters, Robert, Mary Isle St Jean ( Prince Edward Island) Date 1807 Married Sussex Parish, Kings County, New Brunswick Date 19 Feb 1830 at Residence Talbot Road, Howard Twp, Kent County, Upper Occupation Farmer Canada Trinity Anglican Church Cemetery, Talbot Road, Howard Twp, Kent County, Ontario 13 March 1891 Howard twp Hall, Hannah Daughter of Hall, Joseph, Elizabeth Occupation Housewife Sussex Parish, Kings County, New Brunswick Date 20 Oct 1805 Trinity Anglican Church Cemetery, Howard Twp, Kent County, Ontario 24 Dec 1879 Howard Twp Mary Ellen, William, John, Robert, Rachel, Matilda, Sara 4 th Great s Hall, Joseph Son of Hall, William, Jerusha Nova Scotia Date 1772 Married Assume Sussex, N.B. Date? at Residence Sussex Parish, Kings County, New Brunswick Occupation Farmer Assume Sussex, N.B. c. 1850 Sussex, N.B. Stover, Elizabeth Daughter of Stover, Peter. Matthilla Occupation Housewife Sussex Parish, Kings County, New Brunswick Date 1786 Assume Sussex, N.B. Hannah, Jacob, William, Peter, Titus, John, Abner, Cynthia 19 Mar 1836 Sussex Vale, N.B.
5th Great s Stover, Peter Son of? Married at Residence New Jersey Date 1758 Assume New Brunswick Date 1784 Sussex Parish, New Brunswick, ; Howard Twp, Kent County Upper Canada Raleigh Twp, Kent County, Upper Canada Occupation Matthilla Daughter of? Occupation? Farmer 21 Apr 1836 Raleigh Twp, Kent County, Upper Canada? Date?? c.1810 New Brunswick Elizabeth, Peter, Elisha, Later Spouse: Cynthia
PROOFS OF LINEAL DESCENT List your direct line of descent, beginning with yourself, one person in each generation to your Loyalist ancestor. Lineal descent is proved by the use of documents which state the relationship of two individuals to each other. The document must state the fact to be proved: e.g. William, THE SON of Henry Smith... Attach copies of your proofs to the back of the application. 1. Applicant Stokes, Robert Chester private 4. 1 st Great 5. 2 nd Great 6. 3 rd Great 7. 4 th Great 8. 5 th Great 9. 6 th Great Stokes, Jeffery Chester 1901 Census shows Chester Jeffery as son in same household as father Jeffery Chester. Walters, Mary Ellen (married Joseph Stokes) 1871 Census shows Jeffery Chester as son in same household as mother Mary Ellen and father Joseph Stokes. Gravestone, Hall, Hannah (married Robert Walters) 1851 Census shows Mary Ellen as daughter in same household as mother Hannah and father Robert Walters, Gravestone, marriage certificate, see attached preponderance showing Hannah s daughter married Stokes Stover, Elizabeth (Joseph Hall) See attached preponderance - Oral history transcript by Elkanah Hall as recorded by historian Leonard Allison showing Hannah as daughter of Joseph and Elizabeth Hall, that Joseph married Elizabeth, that Elizabeth was Peter Stover s daughter. Also Story Of Sussex and Vicinity by Grace Aiton showing Peter s daughter married Joseph Hall. Land transaction for Joseph and Elizabeth Hall sale of 400 acres of land to William Graves. Stover, Peter Oral history transcript by Elkanah Hall as recorded by historian Leonard Allison. Land Grant Application. Muster rolls. N/A